Content analysis of fourth and fifth grade experimental science textbooks based on health education indicators

The present study was conducted in the fourth and fifth grade elementary textbooks with the aim of examining the level of attention to the subject of health education. The research method was descriptive and content analysis with Shannon entropy method. The statistical population was the books of experimental sciences of the fourth and fifth grades of elementary school in the academic year 1400-1399. The statistical sample was equal to the statistical population. Also, data were collected using a checklist of health education indicators with 12 indicators and 57 sub-indicators. The results of Shannon entropy content analysis showed that from the review of experimental science textbooks in the fourth and fifth grades of elementary school, out of a total of 208 units, physical health index with 40 cases had the highest and family disability and health indices with 1 case had the lowest frequency. The highest coefficient of importance with value (0.172) was related to the index of prevention of high-risk behaviors and the lowest coefficient of importance with value (0.0001) was related to the index of environmental health. The results showed that attention to health education indicators in these books was different. And some indicators have received little attention